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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Experiments to Evaluate Sea Turtle Mitigation Measures in the Pelagic Longline Fishery
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:
The partnership project resulted in the successful development of fishing techniques that significantly reduce sea turtle interaction with pelagic longline gear.
Website:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mediacenter/turtles/
Contact:
John Watson
NOAA Harvesting Team Leader
NOAA
228-762-4591
John.Watson@noaa.gov
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Nebraska Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:
Nebraska CREP is giving farmers and their partners the resources needed to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff into lakes and waterways.
Website:
www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/state_updates.htm#NE
Contact:
Peter Berthelsen
Director of Conservation Programs
Pheasants Forever
308-574-5339
Pete@NebraskaPF.com
Project Name:
Bull River Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
The public-private partnership permanently protected more than 1,800 acres of key wildlife habitat along the Bull River in northwestern Montana.
Website:
www.conservationfund.org
Contact:
Mark W. Elsbree
Vice President
The Conservation Fund, Northwest Region
(208) 726-4419
melsbree@mindspring.com
Project Name:
Flathead Common Ground
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
FCG was formed with the intent to improve wildlife habitat and forest conditions and to simultaneously utilize economically viable timber sales as a tool to help to achieve these objectives.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:
Gary Dahlgren
Flathead National Forest
(406) 758-5269
gdahlgren@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Missouri River Riparian
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:
Landowners Michael and Patrick Wachter worked with partners to prevent loss of agricultural land and other values along the river.
Website:
www.ndnrt.com/pdf/MissouriRiverRiparianwebinfo_ldr.pdf
Contact:
Jennifer Heglund
Assistant State Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
701-530-2095
jennifer.heglund@nd.usda.gov
Project Name:
Rathbun Lake Water Quality Protection Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa
Summary:
Unique partnership of agencies, private organizations and landowners to reduce contaminates in a lake used for drinking water, recreation and fish-wildlife habitat.
Website:
www.rlwa.org
Contact:
John Glenn
President
Rathbun Land and Water Alliance
641-647-2416
jglenn@rrwa.net
Project Name:
Red River Basin Restoration Effort
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:
Partnership works with others to restore aquatic connectivity by removing or providing fish passage around select dams and other barriers to fish passage within the Red River basin.
Contact:
Marcia C. M. de Almeida
Fish Passage Interim Coordinator R9
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
703-358-1941
Marcia_Almeida@fws.gov
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Southwestern Fire Learning Network
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
Summary:
Project goal is to accelerate restoration of fire-adapted ecosystems on private & public lands through applied science, coordination and collaboration.
Website:
tnc-ecomanagement.org/Fire/
Contact:
Anne Bradley
Fire Initiative Manager
The Nature Conservancy
(505) 988-3867
abradley@tnc.org
Project Name:
Utah Prairie Dog Recovery/Back From the Brink Program/Environmental Defense
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:
This partnership's new approach has begun to show that private landowners will participate in the recovery of listed species, even controversial ones, given the right incentives.
Website:
www.environmentaldefense.org/go/conservationincentives
Contact:
Theodore P. Toombs
Ecologist
Environmental Defense
303-447-7210
ttoombs@environmentaldefense.org
Project Name:
Binational Ocelot Recovery Project
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
Conservation agencies, organizations and foundations in Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico team up with landowners to save the endangered ocelot through incentives-based stewardship.
Website:
www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=3469&linkID=49
Contact:
Karen Chapman
Water & Wildlife Analyst
Environmental Defense
956-466-4655
kchapman@ed.org
Project Name:
Black Bear Conservation Committee
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:
The BBCC is a broad-based coalition of diverse interests whose mission is to promote the restoration of the Louisiana black bear through education, research, and habitat management.
Website:
bbcc.org/
Contact:
Paul Davidson
Executive Director
Black Bear Conservation Committee
225-763-5425
PLDavidson@aol.com
Project Name:
Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
The Trust seeks to maintain the viability of rangeland agriculture while ensuring the long-term stewardship and health of Colorado Rangelands.
Website:
cca.beef.org/pages/ccalt-home.htm
Contact:
Lynne Sherrod
Executive Director
Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CALT)
303-431-6422
lsherrod@ccalt.org
Far West
Project Name:
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act Program
Location:
Far West: Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
This voluntary, citizen-based, cost shared program helps protect fish without impairing water withdrawals from streams for farming, ranching, hydropower and municipal purposes.
Website:
pacific.fws.gov/Fisheries/FRIMA/
Contact:
Jerry Van Meter
FWS Regional Coordinator (ID, OR, WA)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(503) 231-6217
jerry_vanmeter@fws.gov
Project Name:
Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Program
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration Program provides assistance to agencies to restore the tributaries, waters, and shorelines of Puget Sound.
Website:
www.nws.usace.army.mil/PublicMenu/Menu.cfm?sitename=RPPS&pagename=home_page
Contact:
Brad Ack
Director
Washington State Puget Sound Action Team
360-725-5437
BAck@PSAT.WA.GOV
Project Name:
Hokulea, Navigating Change in the Hawaiian Islands
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
"Navigating Change" is a project focused on raising awareness to ultimately motivate people to change their attitudes and behaviors to better care for all our islands and ocean resources.
Website:
www.navigatingchange.org and www.hawaiianatolls.org
Contact:
Ann Bell
Outdoor Recreation Planner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(808) 792-9530
Ann_Bell@fws.gov
Project Name:
Morro Bay, Protecting Priority Habitats
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Environmentalists and trawl fishermen combined science and economics to come up with no-trawl zones that protect priority habitats, while keeping enough areas open to keep fishermen in business.
Contact:
Rod Fujita
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
(510) 658-8008
rfujita@ed.org
Project Name:
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Location:
Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:
The Spirit of the Fish plan utilizes a gravel-to-gravel approach integrated into an adaptive management framework to restore treaty protected fish resources
Website:
www.critfc.org
Contact:
Olney Patt, Jr.
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
503-238-0667
pato@critfc.org
Project Name:
Lower Columbia Salmon Recovery Plan
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
A collaborative approach that integrates state salmon recovery, ESA recovery, subbasin planning, and state watershed planning into a single process.
Website:
www.lcfrb.gen.wa.us/default1.htm
Contact:
Jeff Breckel
Executive Director
Lower Columbia River Fish Recovery Board
360-425-1553
jbreckel@lcfrb.gen.wa.us
National
Project Name:
GeoMAC
Location:
National
Summary:
GeoMAC provides the public and wildland fire managers Internet access to interactive maps with current wildland fire locations and perimeters.
Website:
geomac.gov/
Contact:
Elizabeth Lile
Cartographer
U.S. Geological Survey
303-202-4326
ellile@usgs.gov
Project Name:
America’s Private Lands Conservation Partnership
Location:
National
Summary:
Conservation Districts carry out natural resource management programs at the local level and work with more than 2.5 million cooperating landowners on nearly 98 percent of U.S. private lands.
Website:
www.nacdnet.org
Contact:
Christa Jones
Regional Representative
National Association of Conservation Districts
christa-jones@nacdnet.org
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